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- Title
Lack of reliability in the disruption of cognitive performance following exposure to protons.
- Authors
Rabin, Bernard; Heroux, Nicholas; Shukitt-Hale, Barbara; Carrihill-Knoll, Kirsty; Beck, Zachary; Baxter, Chelsea
- Abstract
A series of three replications were run to determine the reliability with which exposure to protons produces a disruption of cognitive performance, using a novel object recognition task and operant responding on an ascending fixed-ratio task. For the first two replications, rats were exposed to head-only exposures to 1000 MeV/ n protons at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory. For the third replication, subjects were given head-only or whole-body exposures to both 1000 and 150 MeV/ n protons. The results were characterized by a lack of consistency in the effects of exposure to protons on the performance of these cognitive tasks, both within and between replications. The factors that might influence the lack of consistency and the implications for exploratory class missions are discussed.
- Subjects
PROTONS; UNITED States. National Aeronautics &; Space Administration; ASTROPHYSICAL radiation; REPLICATION (Experimental design); CONSTITUTION of matter
- Publication
Radiation & Environmental Biophysics, 2015, Vol 54, Issue 3, p285
- ISSN
0301-634X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00411-015-0597-2